Azure Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Microsoft Azure
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 9 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
9 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 18 12
Rank change year-on-year +7 -6 +1
Contract jobs citing Azure 160 68 55
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 14.32% 10.54% 12.30%
As % of the Cloud Services category 38.19% 34.17% 37.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 113 51 39
10th Percentile £400 £300 £370
25th Percentile £447 £338 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £519 £447 £535
Median % change year-on-year +16.11% -16.45% -9.78%
75th Percentile £601 £536 £622
90th Percentile £675 £600 £646
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £506
% change year-on-year +5.26% -6.13% -8.00%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South Yorkshire

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 419 199 145
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 37.51% 30.85% 32.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 284 150 95
10th Percentile £353 £280 £270
25th Percentile £447 £352 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £517 £468 £515
Median % change year-on-year +10.62% -9.22% -13.15%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £595
90th Percentile £684 £601 £642
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £493
% change year-on-year +5.26% -3.55% -6.19%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.50
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £21.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.26%
75th Percentile - - £22.00
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £24.00 £91.69 £21.50
% change year-on-year -73.82% +326.47% +1.15%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Azure job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Azure

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 9 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in South Yorkshire

Azure
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 9 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Sheffield +8 154 £523 +17.00% 46
Doncaster -7 1 - - 10
Azure
Yorkshire

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 14 (8.75%) Confluence
2 13 (8.13%) Apache Spark
3 9 (5.63%) SharePoint
4 6 (3.75%) Apache
4 6 (3.75%) Microsoft Exchange
5 4 (2.50%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (2.50%) Apache Superset
6 2 (1.25%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.25%) Microsoft Excel
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.63%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 77 (48.13%) AWS
2 69 (43.13%) GCP
3 33 (20.63%) GitHub
4 29 (18.13%) Azure DevOps
5 21 (13.13%) Entra ID
6 20 (12.50%) Microsoft 365
7 16 (10.00%) Power Platform
8 15 (9.38%) GitHub Actions
9 7 (4.38%) Azure Data Factory
9 7 (4.38%) Azure Monitor
9 7 (4.38%) Google Kubernetes Engine
9 7 (4.38%) Serverless
10 6 (3.75%) AWS CloudFormation
11 5 (3.13%) PowerApps
12 4 (2.50%) Azure Databricks
12 4 (2.50%) Azure Storage
12 4 (2.50%) Azure Synapse Analytics
12 4 (2.50%) LangSmith
12 4 (2.50%) Microsoft Copilot
12 4 (2.50%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 13 (8.13%) Network Security
2 10 (6.25%) DNS
3 9 (5.63%) Firewall
4 3 (1.88%) Kerberos
4 3 (1.88%) NAS
4 3 (1.88%) SAN
4 3 (1.88%) VPN
5 2 (1.25%) LAN
5 2 (1.25%) Multicast
5 2 (1.25%) VSAN
5 2 (1.25%) WAN
6 1 (0.63%) DHCP
6 1 (0.63%) Intranet
6 1 (0.63%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.75%) SQL Server
2 13 (8.13%) Big Data
2 13 (8.13%) Power BI
3 8 (5.00%) Data Lake
3 8 (5.00%) Data Warehouse
4 7 (4.38%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (3.75%) Amazon RDS
6 5 (3.13%) Neo4j
6 5 (3.13%) Redis
7 4 (2.50%) Delta Lake
7 4 (2.50%) Metadata
7 4 (2.50%) Relational Database
7 4 (2.50%) Trino
8 3 (1.88%) Azure SQL Database
8 3 (1.88%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.88%) NoSQL
8 3 (1.88%) Spark SQL
9 2 (1.25%) Flink
10 1 (0.63%) Parquet
10 1 (0.63%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 34 (21.25%) Jenkins
2 22 (13.75%) JIRA
3 13 (8.13%) Git
4 8 (5.00%) GitLab
4 8 (5.00%) Sonatype Nexus
5 4 (2.50%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.88%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (1.88%) Fiddler
7 2 (1.25%) Gatling
7 2 (1.25%) JMeter
7 2 (1.25%) Maven
7 2 (1.25%) MSBuild
7 2 (1.25%) Postman
7 2 (1.25%) Selenium
7 2 (1.25%) Terragrunt
7 2 (1.25%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.63%) Gradle
8 1 (0.63%) JUnit
8 1 (0.63%) NeoLoad
8 1 (0.63%) SoapUI
General
1 62 (38.75%) Finance
2 58 (36.25%) Social Skills
3 20 (12.50%) Banking
4 15 (9.38%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (5.63%) Financial Institution
6 6 (3.75%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (3.13%) Documentation Skills
7 5 (3.13%) Law
8 4 (2.50%) Public Sector
9 3 (1.88%) Inclusion and Diversity
10 2 (1.25%) Billing
10 2 (1.25%) Legal
11 1 (0.63%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.63%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.63%) Retail
Job Titles
1 30 (18.75%) Lead
2 22 (13.75%) Architect
2 22 (13.75%) DevOps Engineer
3 12 (7.50%) Developer
4 10 (6.25%) Platform Engineer
5 9 (5.63%) Consultant
5 9 (5.63%) Security Engineer
6 8 (5.00%) Cloud Architect
6 8 (5.00%) Data Engineer
6 8 (5.00%) Solutions Architect
7 7 (4.38%) Analyst
7 7 (4.38%) Cloud Engineer
7 7 (4.38%) Cybersecurity Engineer
7 7 (4.38%) Lead DevOps
7 7 (4.38%) Lead DevOps Engineer
7 7 (4.38%) Senior
8 6 (3.75%) .NET Developer
8 6 (3.75%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
8 6 (3.75%) Infrastructure Engineer
8 6 (3.75%) Infrastructure Solutions Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 47 (29.38%) Terraform
2 22 (13.75%) REST
3 16 (10.00%) Kafka
4 12 (7.50%) .NET
5 10 (6.25%) OAuth
6 9 (5.63%) ASP.NET
6 9 (5.63%) JSON
6 9 (5.63%) SailPoint
7 8 (5.00%) AngularJS
7 8 (5.00%) OpenID
7 8 (5.00%) React
8 7 (4.38%) .NET Core
8 7 (4.38%) SAML
8 7 (4.38%) Spring
8 7 (4.38%) Spring Boot
8 7 (4.38%) Web Services
9 6 (3.75%) OAuth2
9 6 (3.75%) PySpark
10 5 (3.13%) FIDO
10 5 (3.13%) LDAP
Miscellaneous
1 33 (20.63%) Cloud Native
2 18 (11.25%) Enterprise Software
3 16 (10.00%) Data Protection Act
4 11 (6.88%) Onboarding
5 10 (6.25%) AI Agents
6 9 (5.63%) Data Centre
7 6 (3.75%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (3.75%) Linux Command Line
8 5 (3.13%) Product Ownership
8 5 (3.13%) Public Cloud
8 5 (3.13%) Replication
8 5 (3.13%) Self-Motivation
9 4 (2.50%) Autonomous Agent
9 4 (2.50%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (2.50%) Hybrid Cloud
10 3 (1.88%) Blog
10 3 (1.88%) Cyber Defence
10 3 (1.88%) EMC VMAX
10 3 (1.88%) EMC VNX
10 3 (1.88%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 14 (8.75%) Linux
2 13 (8.13%) Windows
3 11 (6.88%) Windows Server
4 3 (1.88%) AIX
4 3 (1.88%) Data ONTAP
5 2 (1.25%) Android
5 2 (1.25%) Apple iOS
5 2 (1.25%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.63%) CoreOS
6 1 (0.63%) Unix
6 1 (0.63%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 82 (51.25%) CI/CD
2 77 (48.13%) DevOps
3 54 (33.75%) Cybersecurity
4 42 (26.25%) Infrastructure as Code
5 40 (25.00%) Observability
6 33 (20.63%) Platform Engineering
7 32 (20.00%) AI
8 31 (19.38%) DevSecOps
9 29 (18.13%) Analytics
9 29 (18.13%) Stakeholder Management
10 23 (14.38%) Agile
10 23 (14.38%) Microservices
10 23 (14.38%) Problem-Solving
11 22 (13.75%) Cloud Security
12 21 (13.13%) Continuous Improvement
12 21 (13.13%) Software Engineering
12 21 (13.13%) Test Automation
13 20 (12.50%) Data Engineering
13 20 (12.50%) RBAC
13 20 (12.50%) Stakeholder Engagement
Programming Languages
1 51 (31.88%) Python
2 35 (21.88%) Java
3 32 (20.00%) SQL
4 21 (13.13%) PowerShell
5 11 (6.88%) C#
6 9 (5.63%) Bash
6 9 (5.63%) Shell Script
7 7 (4.38%) Groovy
8 6 (3.75%) Bicep
9 5 (3.13%) JavaScript
10 4 (2.50%) Kotlin
10 4 (2.50%) Kusto Query Language
11 2 (1.25%) Go
12 1 (0.63%) Cypher
12 1 (0.63%) Scala
12 1 (0.63%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 11 (6.88%) Degree
2 9 (5.63%) AWS Certification
2 9 (5.63%) CISSP
3 8 (5.00%) Azure Certification
4 7 (4.38%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 7 (4.38%) CCSP
4 7 (4.38%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (4.38%) CISM
5 6 (3.75%) CCSK
6 5 (3.13%) Computer Science Degree
6 5 (3.13%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (1.88%) BPSS Clearance
7 3 (1.88%) NCDA
7 3 (1.88%) NCIE
7 3 (1.88%) Security Cleared
7 3 (1.88%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 1 (0.63%) CEH
8 1 (0.63%) PMP
8 1 (0.63%) RHCA
8 1 (0.63%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (6.25%) QA
2 8 (5.00%) NIST
3 6 (3.75%) PCI DSS
4 3 (1.88%) Data Quality
4 3 (1.88%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 2 (1.25%) GDPR
5 2 (1.25%) GRC
5 2 (1.25%) PMO
6 1 (0.63%) HIPAA
6 1 (0.63%) ISO 20022
6 1 (0.63%) ISO/IEC 42001
6 1 (0.63%) SOC 2
System Software
1 31 (19.38%) Docker
2 26 (16.25%) Active Directory
3 6 (3.75%) Hyper-V
3 6 (3.75%) Virtual Machines
4 5 (3.13%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.88%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 3 (1.88%) SRDF
6 2 (1.25%) NFS
6 2 (1.25%) VMware ESXi
6 2 (1.25%) vSphere
7 1 (0.63%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 1 (0.63%) Ceph
7 1 (0.63%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 58 (36.25%) Kubernetes
2 21 (13.13%) Ansible
3 14 (8.75%) Prometheus
4 13 (8.13%) Grafana
5 7 (4.38%) Kustomize
6 6 (3.75%) Single Sign-On
7 4 (2.50%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
8 3 (1.88%) Active Directory Federation Services
8 3 (1.88%) Argo
8 3 (1.88%) EMC VPLEX
8 3 (1.88%) Packer
8 3 (1.88%) SnapMirror
9 2 (1.25%) EMC NetWorker
9 2 (1.25%) NetBackup
9 2 (1.25%) Progress Chef
9 2 (1.25%) SnapVault
9 2 (1.25%) vCenter Server
10 1 (0.63%) Microsoft Intune
10 1 (0.63%) QRadar
10 1 (0.63%) WMI
Vendors
1 50 (31.25%) Microsoft
2 19 (11.88%) Databricks
3 9 (5.63%) CyberArk
4 8 (5.00%) Google
5 7 (4.38%) ServiceNow
5 7 (4.38%) Splunk
6 6 (3.75%) Centrify
6 6 (3.75%) Cisco
7 5 (3.13%) OpenAI
7 5 (3.13%) Red Hat
7 5 (3.13%) VMware
8 4 (2.50%) Okta
8 4 (2.50%) Palo Alto
8 4 (2.50%) Veeam
9 3 (1.88%) 3PAR
9 3 (1.88%) Brocade
9 3 (1.88%) Dell
9 3 (1.88%) EMC
9 3 (1.88%) IBM
9 3 (1.88%) NetApp